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> So basically lousy planning gets rewarded.

I wouldn't call this "lousy planning". Participating in such a competition 
requires the sort of commitment that few people can afford, particularly 
those who have full-time jobs and families (see the "married folks" thread 
in p.off-topic). If one misses an evening of rendering because of some 
kid-related emergency, we can't blame lousy planning.
Oh, well, we can assume that the "lousy planners" would have been lousy too 
with a 6-month period ;-) With POV-Ray, resources (time, RAM) always end up 
being consumed in totality, no matter how much one has at the beginning.

G.


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